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Carpentry saw emoji 🪚: carpentry saw 🪚
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Carpentry saw emoji 🪚

🪚 is the carpentry saw: a wooden-handled hand saw. It means woodwork, DIY and building — carpentry, renovations, “saw it in half” — and stands in for chainsaws and…

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What the carpentry saw 🪚 emoji means

🪚 is the carpentry saw: a wooden-handled hand saw. It means woodwork, DIY and building — carpentry, renovations, “saw it in half” — and stands in for chainsaws and power saws, which have no emoji. Added in Emoji 13.0 (2020). Toolbox: 🪓 axe, 🔨 hammer, 🪛 screwdriver, 🪵 wood, 🧰 toolbox.

Unicode name: carpentry saw · U+1FA9A · Emoji 13.0 (2020) · group: Objects.

IN A MESSAGEbuilt the shelves myself 🪚 only one is level, it’s the one you can see

How people use it

  • Woodwork: carpentry, projects
  • DIY: renovations
  • Cutting: “cut it in half”
  • Horror: the Saw films

Compare the options

EmojiNameNotes
carpentry sawU+1FA9ASaw
axeU+1FA93Axe
hammerU+1F528Hammer
screwdriverU+1FA9BScrewdriver
woodU+1FAB5Timber

Questions people ask

What does 🪚 mean?

A saw — woodwork, DIY, cutting.

Is there a chainsaw emoji?

No; 🪚 is used.

When was 🪚 added?

2020, Emoji 13.0.

About this guide

Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.

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